PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akseli Suokuokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suokuokka has chosen The Bags - Cavemen Rejoice as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The
vs
Suokuokka

191 cm
30
221 lbs
15 - 14 - 1

189 cm
28
255 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jake The!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akseli Suokuokka!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The lands a leg kick that knocks Suokuokka off balance momentarily.
Suokuokka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

The has managed to clinch.

Suokuokka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The throws a right and a left that Suokuokka avoids nicely.
The throws a nice outside leg kick.
Suokuokka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The.
Suokuokka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suokuokka falls off balance throwing a combination
and The makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Suokuokka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Suokuokka tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Suokuokka. Those never looked like landing.
Suokuokka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Suokuokka moves into range and clinches up with The.
The using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Suokuokka looks winded!
The lands an elbow that stopped Suokuokka in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suokuokka tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The smiles and moves away.
Decent striking displayed by The there.
Suokuokka misses with a combination
and The counters with an inside leg kick.

The gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Suokuokka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

The manages to break the clinch.

The shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Suokuokka has managed to free his arm - good work.
The seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Suokuokka does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The throwing shots but Suokuokka is blocking nicely.
Suokuokka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The.
The thows a huge punch but Suokuokka dodges it nicely.
The sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Suokuokka defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The thows a huge punch but Suokuokka dodges it nicely.
Suokuokka blocking the ground and pound attempt from The.
The working Suokuokka over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The is trying to control the action in half guard but Suokuokka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Suokuokka has a hand on The's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. The takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Suokuokka is in all sorts of trouble here.
Suokuokka wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by The.
Suokuokka tries to lock up and control but The gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The lands with some strikes.
Suokuokka taking shots to the head.
The in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Suokuokka is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suokuokka wants to control but The is having none of it.
The landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick lands from The that sends Suokuokka to the canvas. Suokuokka tries to scramble back to his feet but The brings him back down into side control.
The is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suokuokka can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suokuokka gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The misses with a head shot. Suokuokka uses the momentum to regain guard.
The postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The wants to control from the top but Suokuokka keeps moving.
The tries to free his leg and advance position but Suokuokka is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The throws a strike but Suokuokka rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The is trying to control the position but Suokuokka postures up.
The wants to sweep but no luck.

The is looking for a triangle here but Suokuokka uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Suokuokka trying to control the position but The is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Suokuokka is looking to take a break and control but The is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The is looking for a sweep.
The has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Suokuokka creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Suokuokka trying to control the position but The is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Suokuokka crashes against the mat.
The tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
The is working to get back to half guard.
Jake The overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Suokuokka controlling the position easily from mount.
The takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Suokuokka working The over with strikes here.
Suokuokka working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka raining down hammerfists from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The manages to regain half guard. Good work.

The is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Suokuokka pulls his head out easily.
The slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Suokuokka cracks The with a solid left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suokuokka postures up in The's guard and throws a big left but The blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jake The will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The misses with a low kick.
Akseli Suokuokka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The misses with a two punch combination.
The scores with a jab. Suokuokka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Suokuokka throws a lazy right hand but The sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suokuokka looks for the body kick but The saw that one coming.

The closes the distance and clinches.
The throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suokuokka blocks it with crossed arms.
The tries a body shot but Suokuokka blocks it.
Suokuokka lands a left hand that snaps the head of The backwards.
The unloads a knee to the mid-section. Suokuokka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Suokuokka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The throws a knee to the head but misses.
Suokuokka tries to circle away but The has him pinned against the cage.
Suokuokka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Suokuokka's efforts to push away.
The is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Suokuokka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The tries to score a body lock takedown but Suokuokka shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Suokuokka is keeping busy.
The throws a knee to the head but misses.
The throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suokuokka blocks it with crossed arms.
The tries to score a body lock takedown but Suokuokka shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

The manages to break the clinch.
Suokuokka throws a front kick aimed at The's knee but The avoids it well.
The tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Suokuokka is able to avoid easily.
The slips under a jab from Suokuokka.
Suokuokka wants to clinch.
Akseli Suokuokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suokuokka paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jake The is winning the standup battle so far.
Suokuokka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. The manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The throws a low kick but Suokuokka avoids it.
The tries to close the distance and clinch but Suokuokka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suokuokka blocks the body kick.
Suokuokka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The throws a leg kick but Suokuokka moved away.
Suokuokka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The connects with a looping right hand.
Suokuokka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The lands with a slapping head kick.

Suokuokka instigates a clinch.
The connects with a knee to the head.
The connects with a knee to the head.
The landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The tries a knee to the head but Suokuokka blocks it.
Akseli Suokuokka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jake The is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jake The has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The is trying to stall.
The lands with a right to the head.

Suokuokka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suokuokka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Suokuokka misses the target.
The tries to clinch there but Suokuokka circles away.
The connects with a single shot there.
Suokuokka misses with a left hand

and The counters with a nice double leg into side control. Suokuokka won't be happy with that.
The cracks Suokuokka with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The working the body and head with strikes.
The trying to control the position but Suokuokka is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka is trying to get back to half guard.
The is looking to take a break and control but Suokuokka is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake The showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake The!
Jake The decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.